Overview

Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life (2014 Second Printing) is a contemporary daily reflection for today's addict/alcoholic. Available in paperback, eBook or both (AMAZON Matchbook: buy the paperback & get the kindle for $1.99 also). RebellionDogsPublishing.com has a similar bundle discount.

From the Foreword by Ernest Kurtz, author of The Spirituality of Imperfection, Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous and more: "The book is aimed at a general 12-Step
readership, but it is mindful that there heretofore exist no such aids
for unbelievers, freethinkers, and the unconventionally spiritual. Given
that the latest Pew survey found that twenty percent of the American
people list their religious affiliation as “None,” it is certainly time
that the Recovery world took into consideration this population's needs.
Beyond Belief addresses that need in a confident,
non-aggressive way. I doubt that any believer will find anything
objectionable in its pages. This believer, for one, finds much that is
spiritually helpful."

For decades, daily reflection books have been as much a part of Twelve Step culture as morning juice or coffee. Today, addicts, alcoholics and people who love us buy 800,000 daily devotionals annually. There are specialty books for women, co-dependents, men, young people and beginners.

Beyond Belief doesn't treat doubt or atheism as a handicap; nor is it a higher plane. The Twelve & Twelve community is about unity, not uniformity. Everyone deserves to speak their truth, candidly.The long-term recovery community is a mosaic, not a melting-pot.

Hooray for small victories -Beyond Belief is now on over 9,000 bedside or reading nook tables, eReaders, smartphones and tablets. Beyond Belief is the first daily reflection book written for everyone. Freethinkers and nonbelievers are the fastest growth demographic according to the Pew Research Forum on Religion and Public Life. Beyond Belief meets a previously unmet need; finally, a daily reflection book for nonbelievers, freethinkers and everyone. However, the book is more about what we do - not about what we believe.

Description

Beyond Belief offers musings that draw upon sources ranging from classic philosophy to pop-culture, creating a contemporary daily reflection book for everyone.We borrow
from great thinkers from Friedrich Nietzsche to
Anais Nin, The Dalai Lama, Bill Wilson, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Søren
Kierkegaard, Dr. Seuss, Virginia Woolf, Chuang Tzu to Alice Miller. There are
365 daily reflections that you can read day by day or visit the index of 100
topics from acceptance to mal-adaptive coping techniques, form Step Three to Taoism.

About the author

Beyond Belief is written by Joe C, clean and sober for 40 years. Ernie Kurtz (1935 - 2015) wrote our Foreword. Ernie co-authored The Spirituality of Imperfection (1992) and Experiencing Spirituality (2014) and Ernie wrote Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous (1979).

Joe C., is a radio host (IndieCan Radio on SiriusXM Radio & Rebellion Dogs Radio) and writer (Finance, Music, Billiards, Addiction/Recovery/Mental Health). Joe has written for The Fix, The Pacific Standard, Renew and In Recovery Magazine. Joe co-hosts workshops and has been a speaker panelist at Canadian Music Week, Book Expo America, NAADAC (Association for Addiction Professionals), the Sedona Mago Retreat and NXNE.

Book details

Genre:SELF-HELP

Subgenre:Twelve-Step Programs

Language:English

Pages:408

eBook ISBN:9780988115712

Overview

Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life (2014 Second Printing) is a contemporary daily reflection for today's addict/alcoholic. Available in paperback, eBook or both (AMAZON Matchbook: buy the paperback & get the kindle for $1.99 also). RebellionDogsPublishing.com has a similar bundle discount.

From the Foreword by Ernest Kurtz, author of The Spirituality of Imperfection, Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous and more: "The book is aimed at a general 12-Step
readership, but it is mindful that there heretofore exist no such aids
for unbelievers, freethinkers, and the unconventionally spiritual. Given
that the latest Pew survey found that twenty percent of the American
people list their religious affiliation as “None,” it is certainly time
that the Recovery world took into consideration this population's needs.
Beyond Belief addresses that need in a confident,
non-aggressive way. I doubt that any believer will find anything
objectionable in its pages. This believer, for one, finds much that is
spiritually helpful."

For decades, daily reflection books have been as much a part of Twelve Step culture as morning juice or coffee. Today, addicts, alcoholics and people who love us buy 800,000 daily devotionals annually. There are specialty books for women, co-dependents, men, young people and beginners.

Beyond Belief doesn't treat doubt or atheism as a handicap; nor is it a higher plane. The Twelve & Twelve community is about unity, not uniformity. Everyone deserves to speak their truth, candidly.The long-term recovery community is a mosaic, not a melting-pot.

Hooray for small victories -Beyond Belief is now on over 9,000 bedside or reading nook tables, eReaders, smartphones and tablets. Beyond Belief is the first daily reflection book written for everyone. Freethinkers and nonbelievers are the fastest growth demographic according to the Pew Research Forum on Religion and Public Life. Beyond Belief meets a previously unmet need; finally, a daily reflection book for nonbelievers, freethinkers and everyone. However, the book is more about what we do - not about what we believe.

Description

Beyond Belief offers musings that draw upon sources ranging from classic philosophy to pop-culture, creating a contemporary daily reflection book for everyone.We borrow
from great thinkers from Friedrich Nietzsche to
Anais Nin, The Dalai Lama, Bill Wilson, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Søren
Kierkegaard, Dr. Seuss, Virginia Woolf, Chuang Tzu to Alice Miller. There are
365 daily reflections that you can read day by day or visit the index of 100
topics from acceptance to mal-adaptive coping techniques, form Step Three to Taoism.

About the author

Beyond Belief is written by Joe C, clean and sober for 40 years. Ernie Kurtz (1935 - 2015) wrote our Foreword. Ernie co-authored The Spirituality of Imperfection (1992) and Experiencing Spirituality (2014) and Ernie wrote Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous (1979).

Joe C., is a radio host (IndieCan Radio on SiriusXM Radio & Rebellion Dogs Radio) and writer (Finance, Music, Billiards, Addiction/Recovery/Mental Health). Joe has written for The Fix, The Pacific Standard, Renew and In Recovery Magazine. Joe co-hosts workshops and has been a speaker panelist at Canadian Music Week, Book Expo America, NAADAC (Association for Addiction Professionals), the Sedona Mago Retreat and NXNE.